‘Metal’ has never thrived in Bangladesh for many reasons, mostly due to geography, culture and popular beliefs. Metal has therefore always been a very ‘underground’ phenomena, in terms of quality bands, promoters, labels and all other aspects. Only a handful of bands have shone from here. Heavy metal is mostly restricted to capital and few other large cities. The fact is, out of other styles of metal, ‘black metal’ has always suffered from numbers and yes, there were only a few classy black metal acts that had emerged from this land.

Stowing melodic elements in metal music does not necessarily macerates the dark atmosphere of the music. WHY? Different bands have proved it, particularly considering this issue in the sphere of black metal, we can come up with the out-turn that melody and darkness can walk together. Morkesagn from Kyiiv, Ukraine is such a band who has successfully balanced the melody and gloomy atmosphere of the music. Continue reading Premiere: Three Tracks from the Debut Full Length of MORKESAGN (Ukraine)→

PLAGE is a traditional black metal band founded by Exord and Blizzard in 2011. In 2012 they got completed by Vrede and Zorn. A first demo-cd was released in 2013 – limited to 100 copies and
immediately sold-out. They are located in Lübeck (Northern Germany) and Copenhagen (Denmark).

The new album ‚”Den Kristne Stank’ (Means Christian Stench in English) will be released on April 10th 2015 by Alusia Productions and it offers eight tracks of archaic black metal.

The album has already been available for streaming at the official bandcamp page of the band

Odium Records of London, Uk (Previously located in Poland) is offering two new black metal releases, Self Titled full length of Polish black metal act Taran and debut release of Hellenic black metal band Nigredo.

Taran – Taran

Polish Anti-Christian group, Taran has been active over a decade, but it is the first ever full length of the band. The album was recorded in September 2014 at eXe Labolatories and mastered at Necromorbus Studio. It includes 7 songs + intro and outro + cover of Immortal‘s classic, “Unsilent Storm in the North Abyss”. One can expect Radical and Extreme Black Metal in its purest form.

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Despite the fact that the band is new, the line-up consists of experienced musicians like Maelstrom form Thou Art Lord, Ravencult or Dodsferd. The mini-album wasreleased as a limited digipack with booklet and includes the music for fans of Celtic Frost, Mayhem, Watain or Deathspell Omega. The production took place in 210 Studios (Keep of Kalessin, Solefald) in Berlin. The band favors the orthodox Cult of Death.

Recently a proclivity of the resurrection of old school metal can easily be observed; oodles of black/thrash metal bands are emerging from different parts of the world as a part of this movement. It is somehow predicted that most of these newcomers are just following the footsteps of the 80’s ancestors; however, some bands among the movement are capable of creating compulsive music within the boundary of the old school black/thrash metal. Inculter of Norway is such a band, creating the vicious form of Continue reading Review + Exclusive Premiere of the Debut Full Length: Inculter – Persisting Devolution→

Bastardizer from Sydney, Australia can be considered as a perfect portrait of the first wave Veterans like Venom, Bathory, Bulldozer and the likes. Aussie black/thrash scene is passably sturdy and Bastardizer has joined in this demonic league with their devastating demo “Demo(N)s Unleashed”. The follow up release,“Enforcers of Evil” which was the debut full length of the quadrilateral, was a neck wrecking experience for the admirers of the music.

Now, the band has allied with the Brazilian wicked act “Whipstriker” for a split, entitled as “Strike of the Bastard”. Each of the band has contributed 03 tracks in the split and below you can stream the evil invoking blackened thrash tracks, presented from the side of Bastardizer:

After a collection of their previous offerings, released under the name “Omines Pestilentiae“, Swarþ have now spawned a new EP entitled “Veneficivm“. The EP is comprised of two tracks simply titled “I” and “II“. Hailing from the pits of the unknown (no info or details are given about the band other than the label’s announcements of their releases), they present two poisonous pieces reeking of sulphur for a descent in the abyss where darkness and insanity reign over everything.

“Veneficivm” can be streamed below and can be purchased through Iron Bonehead at the following LINK.

Caveman Cult, a trio hailing from Miami, Florida, plays vicious form of black/death metal (or war metal) similar to Proclamation, Revenge and likes. The band had released their debut demo, titled ‘Rituals of Savagery’. The five track demo was released on November 17th, 2014 in digital format. Florida based record label Wohrt Records has released the demo on cassette tapes on February 6th, 2015.

Artwork for Rituals of savagery

A promo video was also released with the track ‘Sacred Burial Desecration’.